Today our digital only KEXP Live Sessions EP is out on iTunes, two weeks ahead of time. It an iTunes exclusive, but will be available on other sites from November.
Also, Beatservice Records are releasing a digital version of our debut single/EP Miss World. It’s been out on vinyl 12″ only, originally released in April 2002. Out very soon with brand new ‘Sleepyheads series’ cover art (as seen above).
Above is a some photos from our trip to Istanbul a couple of weeks ago. The interior photo is from our hotel, Pera Palas, a hotel often used by passangers on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie stayed there several times, including – many believe – during a spell in 1926, when she disappeared from her home in England for 11 days. Read the full Agatha Christie/Pera Palas story here.
Pera Palas is a famous hotel, with tourists pouring into the lobby on Sunday mornings. And the hotel bar had an atmosphere that made you feel you were back in the hotel’s early days, built in 1891.
The photos from the show are taken by I˙lker Kopan. He is a photographer and a Flunk fan. Thanks a lot for sending them to us! (high solution versions available if you click the photos!)
Some pieces of news from the Flunk camp:
The in-studio live session for KEXP in Seattle will be released as a digital EP on October 9th. This is thanks to the nice people at KEXP. The four track acoustic EP is out on Beatservice Records, and will probably be an iTunes exclusive release – at least initially.
The tracklisting:
1. See You (THE Depeche Mode cover)
2. The Koolest Smile
3. Play
4. Kemikal Girl
We will upload the tracks on the Flunk MySpace site very soon!
Read more at the Beatservice website.
Also, our debut album, For Sleepyheads Only (original Beatservice version), has been re-released in the US. It’s slightly different from the Guidance Recordings version released 2002. More at the Beatservice website.
Concerning our festival appearance in Istanbul next weekend (the Chill-Out Festival 2006 on Sunday September 10), it’s still on. Hopefully the recent bombings in Istanbul and other tourist locations have quitened down by then…
Click here for quite a lot of photos from the Flunk gig in Bratislava Wednesday June 7th.
A quick note from the beautiful city of Prague. We played the main stage of theRoxy in Prague last night – part of their 14th birthday celebration. Good fun, fantastic venue in an old cinema hall. Wednesday we played a pretty packed Babylon Club in Bratislava (Slovakia). That was great, 200 people and really, really hot and crowded – and I think we beat our record in writing autographs after the show!
Tonight we head back home to the summer of Oslo, World Cup on the TV and continued work on the next album.
The large photo is from the soundcheck on Roxy, the small one is me in front of the house where Franz Kafka lived…
Just a word or two from up north: Received a review of our show at Chop Suey in Seattle this week, published by webzine Glide Magazine.
Some more reading while you wait for more news on the new album in progress: Read this Guardian interview with Brian Eno(he produced the new Paul Simon album out this week), where he tells about the ‘politics’ of recording, the chemistry you need – quite interesting and very true! While you’re at it – check out The Observer reporter Paul Morley‘s piece on the Manchester and Liverpool music scenes following the punk revolution of summer 1976. They were all there – from Morrissey of The Smiths to Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Joy Division…
Oh, and do keep an eye on our MySpace site, we might soon upload one or two live recordings from the US shows.
We’re back in Oslo after a very long trip home. Had a great time, the last show in LA was also a very nice experience.
You’ll find more pictures on tour manager Beth’s blog.
Arrived in Hollywood last night, and now we’re treating our bodies to coffee on Hollywood Bvrd.
Playing at Hotel Café at 9 tonight. We’re off to Santa Monica Beach in an hour. No sun, but probably lots of fun!
And oh, you get pictures from our Seattle gig and more on our tour manager Beth’s blog.
Just a short update from San Francisco – we played yesterday, which was great fun, in a slightly odd setting, though (Norway Day, which is not very rock’n’roll). We spent Friday in a small wine bar run by a massive Flunk fan, drinking champagne and finishing off the evening in a rather surreal sushi restaurant…
Now we’re off to LA in half an hour, playing Hotel Café tomorrow night.
Oh, and the picture is from Lombard Street in SF.
The show at Chop Suey last night was great, almost full house and a bit like ‘coming home’ playing for old friends, well, that kind of vibe. Now we’re off from Seattle, though. Hope to be back when the next album is out.
Right now we’re at Seattle Airport waiting for the flight to San Francisco. Should be great too!